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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Arun District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Arun website
22,436 approved · 3,510 refused · 1,316 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Feb 2003 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 28 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
The Cottage Highground Lane Barnham PO22 0BT
Received 15 Feb 20224 Grange Park Ferring BN12 5LS
Received 9 Jul 2019Land to South of Dukes Road Fontwell Arundel BN18 0SP
Received 29 Mar 202234 Frobisher Way Rustington BN16 2BB
Received 30 Nov 2020Norfolk Gardens Leisure Sports Site, Norfolk Cafe Sea Road Littlehampton BN17 5TJ
Received 24 Jan 20209 The Causeway Pagham
Received 28 May 2008Brook Cottage Church Lane Eastergate
Received 11 Sept 200760 Tack Lee Road Yapton
Received 30 Jul 2007Arundel Cathedral House 2 Parsons Hill Arundel BN18 9AY
Received 10 Jan 201160 Vermont Drive East Preston BN16 1LG
Received 15 Aug 2018Amber The Street Walberton BN18 0PH
Received 4 Mar 201914 Highdown Drive Littlehampton BN17 6HJ
Received 5 Aug 201086 Ford Road Arundel
Received 21 Aug 20061 Claremont Close Angmering BN16 4PB
Received 16 Oct 2013Toddington Nurseries, Lake Lane Nursery Park Road Barnham PO22 0AQ
Received 1 Aug 20121 Coventry Close Aldwick PO21 3RT
Received 7 Apr 201717 Bereweeke Road Felpham PO22 7EG
Received 26 Mar 2010Flood defence wall outside 47 River Road Littlehampton BN17 5BZ
Received 8 Sept 2017Dolphin Cottage 64 Sea Avenue Rustington BN16 2DJ
Received 4 May 20214 Jubilee Gardens Pagham PO21 4PU
Received 15 Jul 20201 Finch Gardens Bersted PO22 9EQ
Received 20 Jun 201814 Shirley Close Pagham PO21 4QU
Received 10 Jun 2019Land North of The Aldwick Hotel Corner of Aldwick Road and Princess Avenue Aldwick
Received 21 Aug 2006Rookery Farm Flansham Lane Felpham PO22 6EP
Received 28 Sept 2015Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Arun District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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